Stratford tube station
Central line and Jubilee line · Zones 2 and 3 · Newham
About Stratford station
Railways reached Stratford on 20 June 1839, when the Eastern Counties Railway opened a station on Angel Lane. The early years were improvised: the ECR laid its track to a 5 ft gauge on its engineer’s advice, then converted to standard gauge in autumn 1844, and engines working the low-level goods line, opened in 1846, needed hinged chimneys to fit under the main line bridge. New buildings were put up in 1847 in the V between the Cambridge and Colchester lines, and the station became part of the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. Repeated rebuilds followed as traffic grew, including major works in 1877 and widening to six tracks in 1891–1893.
The Underground came much later. The Central line opened its platforms on 4 December 1946, and the Jubilee line now ends here, with West Ham its only neighbour. Today Stratford is a multi-level interchange for the Underground, Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line and Greater Anglia and c2c trains, and it served as a key hub for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is the seventh busiest railway station in Britain and the busiest Underground station outside zone 1. To tell it apart from Stratford International, about 400 yards to the north, it is sometimes called Stratford Regional.
First and last trains from Stratford
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central towards West Ruislip, Ealing Broadway or White City | 05:37 – 00:12 | 05:37 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:29 to Ealing Broadway |
| Central towards Hainault, Epping or Loughton | 06:07 to Epping – 00:49 to Epping | 06:07 to Epping – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:01 |
| Jubilee towards Stanmore, Wembley Park or West Hampstead | 05:16 – 00:11 | 05:16 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:37 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 30 Central trains an hour per direction and 27 Jubilee trains an hour per direction from Stratford, counting both directions separately.
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Central line and Jubilee line.
- Buses: 25, 69, 86, 97, D8, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 339, 388, 425, 473, 678 (night buses N205, N25, N8, N86).
- National Rail: Greater Anglia and c2c.
- DLR at this station.
- Elizabeth line at this station.
- London Overground: Mildmay line.
Station facilities
What is near Stratford station
Westfield Stratford City is about 300 m from the station, with its Vue cinema at roughly 290 m, while the older Stratford Centre lies around 230 m away and Stratford Indoor Market about 190 m. Two bus stations, Stratford Bus Station (about 140 m) and Stratford City Bus Station (about 220 m), handle onward connections. The Theatre Royal Stratford East is roughly 310 m away, and the London Academy of Excellence is at about 290 m.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| London Academy of Excellence | 290 m |
| Westfield Stratford City | 300 m |
| Stratford East | 310 m |
| Robert | 90 m |
| Marks & Spencer | 120 m |
| Stratford Bus Station | 140 m |
| Rooftop Film Club | 160 m |
| TK Maxx | 180 m |